CATCH UP

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Learn belatedly; find out about something after it happened

Example:

I'm trying to catch up with the latest developments in molecular biology

Classified under:

Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting

Hypernyms (to "catch up" is one way to...):

acquire; larn; learn (gain knowledge or skills)

Sentence frame:

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Meaning:

Reach the point where one should be after a delay

Example:

I caught up on my homework

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Hypernyms (to "catch up" is one way to...):

arrive at; attain; gain; hit; make; reach (reach a destination, either real or abstract)

"Catch up" entails doing...:

follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "catch up"):

come back (even the score, in sports)

Sentence frames:

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